Ford in Chinese

福特

Fú tè

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Ford is phonetically rendered as 福特 (Fú tè) in Chinese. 福 means 'good fortune/blessing' — an auspicious first character that makes the phonetic rendering doubly positive. Henry Ford's Model T was known as the 福特 T型车 in China.

Character-by-character pronunciation

福特 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.

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